‘Planetary Heist’: Some Star Systems Might Contain Stolen Planets
Jupiter-like planets aren’t supposed to be around some stars. So why are they there? Or rather, where did they come from? In astronomy, a rule of thumb states that if a [...]
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3 Hidden Protoplanets Orbiting a Newborn Star
Since the 1990s, scientists have detected thousands of exoplanets orbiting distant stars, but the discovery of baby protoplanets embedded within stellar expanses of gas and [...]
Kepler Space Telescope Discovers Weird Planets
The truth is out there, but when it comes to the search for other planets beyond our Solar System the truth has turned out to be far stranger than science fiction. Scientists [...]